Cultural revolution Flashcards
Early ten points
Proposed that masses should be mobilised to criticise corrupt party cadres
Mao’s swim
1966: he swam 9 miles in 65 minutes at the age of 72
What play did Mao criticise and compared to the Lushan conference
Hai Rui dismissed from office
Little red book
By Lin Biao and contained Mao’s quotes
What happened in 1966 in Tiananmen Square
Mao reaffirmed his retune to meet 1 million Red Guards
What were the four olds
old culture, old customs, old habits, old ideas
How many libraries closed
1/3 of 1100
How many books lost or destroyed
7 million
How many historical places destroyed in Beijing
2/3
What happened in Confucius temple in Shandong
Destroyed 2700 books, 2000 graves, 929 paintings
January storm
100,000 radical red guards defeated 200,000 scarlet red guards (anarchy)
February adverse current
Zhu De and Chen Yi protested against Mao’s policies encouraging chaos
How many leaders of red guards arrested in 1967
500
By 1969 how many arrested
up to 2 million
How many cadres executed in Yunnan
14,000